Washing-machine



(No Model.)

H. E. SMITH.

WASHING MACHINE. No. 600,600. Patented Mar. 15,1800.

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WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,600, dated March 15, 1898. Application filed November 30, 1896. Serial No. 614,017. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY E. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Midlothian,in the county of Ellis and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Washing- Machine, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to washing-machines, and particularly to supporting devices or means in connection with the roller-supportin g frame forsupporting the same either upon a horizontal surface or upon the top of a tub or receptacle in connection with which the machine is used, the object in view being to provide clamping or receptacle-engaging bars which are adapted to form rests adjustable to occupy the desired positions upon opposite sides of the plane of the roller-supporting frame, whereby said frame may be arranged in the desired position with relation to the receptacle, as over the center thereof or at any desired point upon either side of the center, and, furthermore, to provide clampingbars upon which the frame is adapted to rest when the machine is detached from the tub or receptacle.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

111 the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a washing-machine constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 3 30f Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The roller-supporting frame 1' comprises parallel uprights or sides 2 and top and bottom cross-pieces 3 and 4:, connecting the uprights, and secured transversely to said rollersupporting frame at opposite ends of the bottom cross-bar 4 are forwardly and rearwardly extending sills 5, to which are adjustably attached clamping-bars 6, having concaved inner faces.

Various means may be employed for securing the clamping-bars at the desiredadjustment with relation to the roller-supporting frame 1, the adjusting devices for each bar being independent of those of the other to adapt'each clamping-bar to be arranged in the desired position with relation to the plane of the roller-supporting frame. This independent adjustability of the bars 6 enables the operator to position the roller-supporting frame either over the center of the tub or receptacle engaged by the clamping-bars 6 or in rear of the center to suit the particular operation to be performed. In the construction illustrated the clamping devices consist of thumb-screws 7, extending through. longitudinal slots Sin the sills 5 and engaging the clamping-bars, said slots being closed at their extremities and extending approximately from the sides of the roller-supporting frame to the extremities of the sills. For instance, it may be desired to arrange the roller-supporting frame contiguous to one side of the receptacle, in which case one of the clamping-bars may be adjusted inwardly to a point close to the plane of the contiguous side of said supporting-frame.

Mounted in suitable bearings in the uprights 2 is the spindle of a main or lower roller 9, said spindle being terminally provided with a balance or fly wheel 11 and an operatingcrank 12, and mounted in suitable vertical slots 13, above the plane of the roller 9, are the spindles of upper cooperating rollers 10, adapted to be depressed into contact with the surface of the main roller. Bearing-blocks 18 are fitted to slide in said slots with their lower extremities resting upon the spindles of the upper rollers, and bearing upon the upper extremities of said blocks are terminal extensions of a follower 17. Also terminally mounted in said slots, above the plane of the follower, is a tension-bar 16, having depending guide-pins 15, which operate in alined openings in the follower, tension-springs 14 being coiled upon said guide-pins and bearing terminally against the contiguous faces of the tension-bar and follower. The tensionbar is adjustable by means of screws 19, threaded in the upper cross-bar 3 of the rollersupporting frame. It is obvious that by adjusting the screws 19 the tension-bar may be depressed to increase the tension of the Ioo springs 14, and thereby apply the desired pressure to the follower, and hence to the spindles of the auxiliary or upper rolls.

An essential feature of the construction as above described is the adj ustability of both of the clamping-bars, which are arranged, respectively, at opposite sides of the plane of the roller-supporting frame, whereby either or both bars may be adjusted to arrange either face of the roller-supporting frame at the desired distance from the side of a receptacle v to which the machine is applied. It is also possible, by reason of theindependent adj ustability of each end of each clamping-bar, to arrange the latter at a slight inclination with relation to the sills 5, whereby the machine may be clamped in any desired longitudinal position with relation to the receptacle. For instance, the upright at one side of the supporting-frame may be arranged closer to the contiguous side of the receptacle than the other upright to give a required space at said other side.

A further advan tage of the construction described is that when the machine is not in use the clamping-bars, which are arranged in con tact with the lower surfaces of the sills and have flat under sides, are adapted to form feet or rests to support the machine in a proper upright position. The set-screws 7 pass vertically downward through the slots in the sills, and hence do not interfere with the supporting function of the clamping-bars.

Having described my invention, what I claim is In a washingmachine,the combination with an upright roller-supporting frame, of forwardly and rearwardly extending sills attached to said frame at its bottom, to rest upon the upper edge of a receptacle, front and rear longitudinally disposed clamping bars terminally mounted upon the under sides of said sills, upon opposite sides of the plane of the frame, and adapted for adjustment toward and from the plane thereof, and independent means for securing each end of each clamping-bar at the desired adjustment upon the contiguous sill, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY E. SMITH.

Witnesses:

T. H. NEWTON, A. B. RUsT. 

